MAN INITIATES HYDROGEN MARINE ENGINE JOINT VENTURE PROJECT
MAN Energy Solutions has announced a partnership with industry and research institutes that will develop engine concepts for hydrogen-fuelled, medium-speed engines in the maritime sector. Known as ‘HydroPoLEn’, the project is supported and funded by the German Federal...
EMISSIONS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM GETS UPGRADED
Daphne Technology’s PureMetrics system, designed to directly measure and report real-time GHG emissions, has received an upgrade with new reporting and optimisation features. The system is said to eliminate reliance on fuel consumption estimates, ensuring...
SWEDISH FERRY PAIR TO GO ALL-ELECTRIC
Swedish battery system company Echandia has received an order from the Ö-varvet shipyard to supply two vessels, Älvsnabben 4 and Älvsnabben 5, with battery systems to enable full electrical propulsion. The battery systems will each have a capacity of 496 kWh. The...
FIRST LNG-FUELLED PANAMAX COAL CARRIER ENTERS SERVICE
The first LNG-fuelled Panamax-class coal carrier, ordered by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden), ‘Shoyo’, has been delivered from the Koyagi yard of Oshima Shipyard and began operations after completing the first...
DAMEN GAINS AiP FOR METHANOL FUEL IN SMALLER VESSELS
In a development programme starting in summer 2022 and working closely from the outset with classification society Bureau Veritas, Damen Shipyards has developed and gained approval in principle (AiP) for designs of methanol-powered compact vessels. According to Damen,...
YARA HELPS OPTIMISE FUEL AND EMISSIONS ACROSS GERMAN BULKER FLEET
German ship operator Neu Seeschiffahrt and Yara Marine technologies (YMT) have signed an agreement to install Yara’s propulsion optimisation technology FuelOpt across Neu Seeschiffahrt’s fleet of six Very Large Ore Carriers (VLOCs) and two recently...
NORSEPOWER ROTORSAIL FOR THIRD NORWEGIAN CCS VESSEL
Mechanical sail developer Norsepower is supporting Northern Lights, a joint venture between oil majors Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies, on its decarbonisation journey. The third Northern Lights CO2 carrier vessel, to built by Dalian Shipbuilding Offshore (DSOC),...
LOOK BEYOND THE ENGINE TO DECARBONISE, SAYS ABS CHAIRMAN
Shipping must look beyond the engine, the real challenge is an industry transformed, cautioned ABS Chairman and CEO Christopher J Wiernicki, speaking at an industry event in the US. Wiernicki said: “The real action is far beyond the engine. We have just seen MEPC 80...